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Few senators have shaped the judicial confirmation process as much as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

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A very judgy lame duck

Political Theater, Episode 349

By Jason Dick and Todd Ruger
Posted November 21, 2024 at 12:36pm

Ranking member Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., left, and Chairman Richard Durbin, D-Ill., arrive for a Senate Judiciary Committee markup on Thursday. Prior to the markup, they spoke to reporters about the nomination of former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., to be attorney general.

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Who are these guys? The Congress-Cabinet-West Wing revue

By Jason Dick and John T. Bennett
Posted November 14, 2024 at 6:19pm
Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and her husband Paul, greet guests before Vice President Kamala Harris addressed the crowd at Howard University after conceding the presidential race to Donald Trump on Wednesday.

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5 big questions with Nathan L. Gonzales

By Jason Dick and Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted November 7, 2024 at 2:26pm
Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, seen here at a campaign rally at the Communications Workers of America Local 4370 in Brooklyn Heights, Ohio, on Oct. 26, 2024. Brown is among the most vulnerable senators running for reelection.

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The last Most Vulnerable Incumbents lists of the 2024 cycle

By Jason Dick, Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted October 31, 2024 at 11:51am
Actor Jeremy Strong poses for a photo as he arrives for the gala premiere of the movie "The Apprentice" at the Imperial in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Oct. 16. Strong portrays Roy Cohn, the former president's one-time lawyer.

But is it art? Unpacking ‘The Apprentice’

By Jason Dick and John T. Bennett
Posted October 24, 2024 at 5:40am
Independent Senate candidate Dan Osborn speaks during his campaign stop at Sly’s Family Bar and Grill in Neligh, Neb., on Monday. Osborn is running against Republican Sen. Deb Fischer, and the two parties differ on the status of the race.

Let’s get (electorally) unstable!

By Jason Dick and Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted October 18, 2024 at 12:55pm
The Jan. 6, 2021, attempted insurrection helped inspire the simulation role-playing exercise that is the subject of the documentary “War Game.”

‘War Game’: Rehearsing the uncomfortably plausible

By Jason Dick
Posted October 9, 2024 at 10:24am
The Supreme Court's new term starts on Monday, Oct. 7.

A ‘sleepy’ Supreme Court term? Yeah, right

By Jason Dick, Todd Ruger and Michael Macagnone
Posted October 2, 2024 at 5:56pm
Vice President and Democratic nominee for President Kamala Harris speaks at an event hosted by The Economic Club of Pittsburgh at Carnegie Mellon University on Wednesday in Pittsburgh, Pa. President Joe Biden was in New York at the UN General Assembly and former President Donald Trump was on the campaign trail in Charlotte, N.C.

Tales of the three-headed incumbent: Biden/Harris/Trump

By Jason Dick and John T. Bennett
Posted September 26, 2024 at 11:33am

One last journey down Roll Call’s Jersey Turnpike

By Jason Dick and Herb Jackson
Posted September 19, 2024 at 12:02pm